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Blue_true

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4. It is politics. Republicans need votes of old Cubans and some of their grandchildren.

Reply to dameatball (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 10:21 AM

Jan 2019

We won't see change until the majority of younger Americans that have Cuban blood reject the insane embargo and other negative activity toward Cuba. Hate to say this, but Raul seriously changing even more toward democracy there or dying would really help in that regard.

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MLB, Cuban Baseball Federation reach agreement that will eliminate need for players to defect [View all] Eugene Dec 2018 OP

Don't we have Russians playing in the NHL and Chinese playing in the NBA? I don't follow either much dameatball Dec 2018 #1

Yeah. We have an embassy in Havana, why can't it process visas. Blue_true Dec 2018 #2

Not to mention that the trade embargo ended Cuban sugar imports and helped to f' up the Everglades. dameatball Jan 2019 #3

It is politics. Republicans need votes of old Cubans and some of their grandchildren. Blue_true Jan 2019 #4